Disaster February

2009 has not started on the right note for me. January was cold, bitter, irritating, dull and till now February has been nothing less than a disaster. All my interview results are out and to say the least I am still employ-able [:D].

Well apart from the interviews I had my share of trouble with the "government", thankfully and hopefully it has been resolved. I have had some minor troubles with the health too. And as always the bank account does not say anything good about me [;)]. Only thing nice I have in my life is my (lady-like)-love my car.

So for the remaining days of February my aim is to come up with a plan so that my March is not a disaster [:)].

Shall get back in March, Pray for me :).

Ciao

Spring is here :) !

Well finally winter is cooling down in Syracuse, weather has been absolutely fantastic for the last one week or so. Its not snowing that bad, temperatures stays around zero degrees and there have been no blizzards or snow storms unlike the last two Februaries :) .

Almost similar is my life these days, its plain and simple without much action. Its kinda comfortable but I would still prefer to have a job instead and be working 12 hours a day;), huhhhh I think I do have a few Capricorn traits ;). Days are mostly spent on Youtube and career websites, oh actually nights are spent that way, days are spent sleeping in the bed. My routine has gone a total haywire again and I am desperate to get it back on track. I am awake every morning around 9 AM but then i doze off again for the rest of the day, as a result I wake up at sunset and then I am awake till sunrise and the cycle continues :D.

Last two months have been a complete waste in a sense but then in some other sense they have been very useful :P. I have done and learnt some things I wouldnt have done in any other phase of my life :). Anyways I hope i get out of all this soon and start the new life just like any other graduate student who has just graduated, by getting a JOB :).


Ciao

Worst Birthday Ever !!

Its 9th January and I am in my hotel room in Madison, WI. It was the worst birthday I have had in my life.

I spent the day alone and without much to do, and even worse I am paying 10$/day for the internet I am using here. Bad news had started flowing in from the 7th itself when i lost some fantastic opportunities to the recession. Then my flight to Detroit got delayed by 4 hours, so when i reached Madison at 10 i was tired, down and out physically. So i switched my phone off and went straight to sleep without caring about the people who would try to call me at midnight. Selfish of me but i wanted to give more importance to the interview that was waiting for me the next day.

And i woke up at 4 A.M. to prepare myself for the interview and more bad news followed into my mailbox and chat windows. I got a little behind on my schedule and had to skip breakfast before leaving for the interview. Not a big setback but i would have preferred a stomach full of food ;). The only high point of the day was the trip to the fantastic campus of Epic Systems. I personally think by far they have the best "workspace environment" aesthetically and materialistically I have ever seen. It feels like a very posh mansion inside their offices. It was fantastic to sit there, attend presentations and give interviews. I thank Epic for the opportunity they gave me. But my personal rules for calling a day fun are very different than how I spent this 8th January.

No big worries, I am sure I will get more birthdays which would be much more fun. I am glad 8th Jan 2009 is over now, maybe the rest of the month would be better. At least, I hope so.

Ciao

2009

Now that I am finally sober and over with hang-overs I thought lets write the first post of the year.

2008 was a year with lot of ups and downs and even more mids. Here is what i learnt in the last one year.

1.Always, always, always have a considerable stash of hidden money which is never to be used, just the presence of the stash makes one very comfortable.

2.After 2.5 years in a foreign land i finally started to feel homesick, and would be going to India at first opportunity I get.

3.Nothing is more fulfilling in life than "Peace of Mind".

4.Education(formal+informal) is what differentiates between men.

5.There will be times in life when nobody but a select few friends and family will stand by your side, make sure you earn the right to their favors.

As for 2009, I have the following goals

1.Get Employed.

2.Find myself some new "good" friends, god forbid but I think I am about to loose some I already have.

3.Meet and hug my MOM.

4.Accrue some specific materialistic possessions.

5.Take better care of my health and body with exercise and healthy food.

Ciao

My idea of a Ideal week

This is how I would like my general life to be for the next couple of years.

Monday - Work Hard day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Do some serious coding/design/planning at work, hopefully on something new, something that has not been carried forward from Friday.
Get back home from work, get a healthy dinner, watch TV, go to sleep.

Tuesday - Work Harder Day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Do some hardcore coding/testing, read about new technologies if time permits.
Get back home from work, visit a temple, get dinner, read a book, go to sleep.

Wednesday - Work and Communication day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Coding and other work related issues, update resume if possible/necessary.
Talk to family, visit a friend maybe/social networking. Get back home, get dinner, watch a movie and off to bed.

Thursday - Take it easy day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Take work lightly, socialize with work people(an hour of sports maybe), a lavish lunch maybe. Get back home, get wine/beer, watch a movie maybe. Eat light and go to sleep.

Friday - Work Hardest Day

Get to the gym(morning or evening),
Work, work, work and work.
Eat out, get home, maybe video games, go to sleep.

Saturday - Party Day/Go-out

Complete house chores(grocery, cleaning, car-wash etc etc).
Gym(if possible)
Video games, and when sun sets booze and rock n roll ;).

Sunday - Relax and Hobby Day

Read, sleep, eat, sleep/shop/hobby/movie/beach, video games, sleep :)


Lets see if i ever spend a single week like that :).


Ciao

Operating Systems

Now its official and formal, I am doing terribly bad with the only course of this semester CIS 657 Principles of Operating Systems. Two mid terms and a project have been total disaster for me.

Honestly speaking I am not afraid to do bad(A mistake is the second best way of learning as long as you don't repeat it), neither am I amazed by the fact that I am doing bad, but I am totally perplexed about the the question "Why am I doing bad?".

I am not dumb(IQ of 133, current GPA 3.5), to say the least I am fairly decent with C programming, I have already studied two courses of Operating Systems in college. I am working hard, I attend class regularly and I even understand most of it in class. And still I am doing terrible in the course.

God, please tell me why am I doing bad.